Deltacad dxf?

2009-10-23 Thread terence ackland
Hi, I downloaded Deltacad 6 and a collection of macros from Mr. Sabanski's great website. I experimented with a couple of macros and saved them as .dxf. I tried to open these files using both AutoCADR14 and QuickCAD and got an error message. I then used Sonne218 to produce a dial and saved it

Movable Gnomon?

2009-09-30 Thread terence ackland
Hi, I've  developed more than a passing interest in sundials and have a question.  I have seen illustrations of large dials where a human is the Gnomon and is required to stand in different positions. Would it be possible to design a much smaller dial with a stick Gnomon that could be inserted

password forgotten

2009-09-13 Thread terence ackland
Hi, I have forgotten my password and have used the password reminder feature several times and have not received an email. Thanks, Terry  __ The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it

Laser Trigon

2007-02-08 Thread terence ackland
Hi, What about a vernier dividing plate? A plate or disc is divided into, say, 360 holes plus a center hole. Over this is placed a second disc or arm with 10 holes taking up just 9 deg. which gives a vernier precision of 1/10 deg. The laser could be fixed to the top plate I have CNC

Re: Laser Trigon

2007-02-07 Thread terence ackland
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Scaled down Sunquest?

2007-01-11 Thread terence ackland
Hi, has anyone ever built a scaled down Sunquest dial? Thanks, Terry - Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.--- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial

Pocket Sundial plans?

2007-01-09 Thread terence ackland
Hello all, I have built a small CNC engraving machine and have been looking for suitable projects. A few weeks ago on Antiques Roadshow there was a small portable silver sundial with a built in compass and thought it would be something interesting to make. I have a stock of nickel silver